Year 2 have been busy working scientifically to answer the following research question:

Will a small or a large parachute fall to the ground more slowly?

To answer the question, Year 2 designed and made their own parachute in their group of 4. They had to make sure it was going to be a fair test – which means only one thing can be changed – everything else must stay the same. In this case, we changed the size of the parachutes.

Once our parachutes were made, we tested them from the Year 6 balcony. We found out that larger parachutes fall to the ground slower than smaller parachutes!

Take a look at one group below!

Watch the YouTube video below to learn more about parachutes and how they work.

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About Miss Ashley Azzopardi

My name is Ashley Azzopardi and I teach a Year 2 class in Sydney, Australia.

10 Responses to Parachutes!

I learnt that the big parachute came down second because it has a bigger area.
If the parachute has a larger area, more air puses up the bigger area of the parachute and keeps it in the air for a longer time. Both the small and the big parachute slowed down the pulling force of gravity, but the bigger one slowed it down for a longer time.

Dear Year Two,
I enjoyed making the parachute. I loved dropping the parachuts from the year 6 railing.It was a really fun day! I learnt how parachuts fly.I also learnt that the larger parachute was slower because it had more air.

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